April 17, 1998


Jones Ad Nauseum


Jones is appealing her case. Are we never to be rid of seeing her face on network news?

And, now we have to put up with her acting, which she debuted yesterday. I don’t know how to tell her attorneys but two weeks of preparation wasn’t enough; the woman cannot act.

And, the attempt at embellishing the southern accent. Kind of her attempt at “Why just po’ lol ol me. The big bad man just about destroyed me.”

And, of course, she broke down while on camera. Now, who didn’t know that would happen. What a courtroom scene it would have been. The innocent women virtually racked with sobs while trying to describe - let’s see - oh, yes, a man allegedly dropping his pants to show off his genitals.

“Why, I am just so put out. Can’t you people see what a pathetic mess Mr. Clinton (exaggerated Meester Clinton) turned me into.”

What I see is a woman who does not have a case except to build up her own marketability. With every instance of exposure, the price she will ultimately receive from ragsheets and the like will increase and truth be damned. All that counts is whether or not a controversy can be maintained.

I don’t know about the rest of you but I, for one, pray for the day when I am no longer subjected to seeing her face and, now, her terrible acting on the news. I relish the news of old, when I was just subjected to tragedy after tragedy.

And, Ladies of equality, whether you know it or not, Jones is hurting you far more than you realize. When the truth finally comes out about the woman, that she was paid to perform, it will become increasingly harder to believe any woman attempting to expose bonafide cases of sexual harassment.

Furthermore, Ladies, you ultimately will have the Republican Party and Starr's vendetta to thank for what might have been several steps back - that is, when and if the truth outs about Jones.